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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
ABIGAIL ADAMS, letter to John Adams, May 7, 1776
The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
ABIGAIL ADAMS, letter to John Adams, Nov. 27, 1775
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